Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Glitterboiii 
- Chart updated: 04/17/2023 03:45
- (Created: 07/27/2017 16:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Genre: Alternative Noise Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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31,547
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Genre: Post-Indie Pop Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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33,914
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Genre: Neo-Psychedelic Madchester
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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23,052
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Genre: Worldbeat
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,545
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Genre: Alternative Indie Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 08/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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5,988
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Genre: Post-Progressive Art Pop Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
10,214
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Genre: Lo-Fi Indie Noise Rock
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
5,570
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Genre: Post-Alternative Folk Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
10,043
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Genre: Alternative Power Pop Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
3,900
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Genre: Post-Alternative Indie Punk
[First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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7,491
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1980 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1981 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1982 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1983 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1984 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1985 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1986 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1987 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1988 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1989 | 7 | 7% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 6 | 6% | |
| Iron Maiden | 4 | 4% | |
| R.E.M. | 4 | 4% | |
| Pixies | 3 | 3% | |
| New Order | 3 | 3% | |
| Talking Heads | 3 | 3% | |
| The Replacements | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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46 | 46% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| ! | 12/05/2020 06:39 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2020 19:31 | MasterOfPuppets | 174 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/23/2020 19:06 | 310 | 96/100 | |
| ! | 02/27/2020 04:53 | weston | 80 | 87/100 |
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From leniad 12/05/2020 06:41 | #262009
good chart, if you like kamikaze that much, you should enter to more Spanish language albums, my suggestions for this decade are : Secretos, Signos, Clics modernos, try thos 3 first
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sssvnnn 02/16/2020 22:31 | #247866
...close to perfection.
I´m not a big fan of The Smiths... thats the only reason not to give 100 points - sorry.
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